Tudor Paraschiva
Romanian footballer
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Tudor Paraschiva (27 December 1919 – 15 May 1967) was a Romanian association football striker.[1][4]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 27 December 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | 15 May 1967 (aged 47) | ||
| Place of death | Sinaia, Romania | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1934–1939 | Militari București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1946 | Unirea Tricolor București[a] | 28 | (4) |
| 1946–1957 | Jiul Petroșani[b] | 208 | (66) |
| 1957–1959 | Minerul Lupeni[c] | 10 | (1) |
| Total | 246 | (71) | |
| International career | |||
| 1952–1954 | Romania | 6 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1960–1961 | Minerul Vulcan | ||
| 1962–1967 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Paraschiva was born on 27 December 1919 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1934 at local club Militari.[2][5][6] He made his Divizia A debut on 16 September 1939, playing for Unirea Tricolor București in a 3–2 loss to Rapid București.[2][5][6] Under the guidance of player-coach Ștefan Cârjan he helped Unirea Tricolor win the Divizia A title in the 1940–41 season, contributing with two goals scored in seven matches.[2][7] In the same season he helped the club reach the 1941 Cupa României final in which he played the entire match in the 4–3 loss to Rapid.[8] In 1946, Paraschiva joined Jiul Petroșani, a club where he spent 10 seasons.[2][5][6] In the 1947–48 season he scored a personal record of 15 goals, then in the following one he netted 14 goals which helped the team finish third.[2] He then went to play for Minerul Lupeni in Divizia B, helping them get promoted to Divizia A in his second season.[2] On 15 November 1959, Paraschiva made his last Divizia A appearance in a 7–0 away loss to Progresul București, totaling 238 matches with 71 goals in the competition.[2][5][6]
International career
Paraschiva played six games and scored two goals for Romania, making his debut on 11 May 1952 under coach Emerich Vogl in a 3–1 friendly victory against Czechoslovakia in which he opened the score.[9][10] His following appearance for the national team was also in a friendly, a 1–0 victory against Poland in which he scored the goal.[9] His third game played for The Tricolours was in the 1952 Summer Olympics, as coach Gheorghe Popescu used him in a 2–1 loss against eventual champions Hungary.[5][6][9][11] In that match he made a good impression, being selected by the Finnish authorities who organized the competition, to appear in a commemorative postage stamp.[5][6][9][12] Paraschiva's last three games for the national team were a 3–1 friendly win over East Germany, a 2–0 loss to Czechoslovakia during the 1954 World Cup qualifiers and a 5–1 loss against Hungary in a friendly.[9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paraschiva goal.[9]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 May 1952 | Stadionul Republicii, București, Romania |  Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 25 May 1952 | Stadionul Republicii, București, Romania |  Poland | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Managerial career
After he ended his playing career, Paraschiva started coaching at Minerul Vulcan.[5][6][13] In 1962, he became the first coach of the newly founded club, Pandurii Târgu Jiu.[5][6][14][15] In his first season, he managed to promote it to Divizia C, where he led the team until his death in 1967.[14][15]
Death
Honours
Notes
- The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances during this period for Unirea Tricolor București are not official with the exception of the 1945–46 regional championship.[2][3]
- The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Jiul Petroșani are not official.[2]
- The statistics for the 1957–58 and 1958–59 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[2]